Backers of a proposed B.C. refinery want to transport Alberta bitumen in solid form inside tank cars along Canadian National Railway Co.’s existing lines and convert the substance into diesel and gasoline at a site north of Kitimat.
Pacific Future Energy Corp. executives, who are seeking to export refined petroleum products to Asia, say the bitumen will be in a form that resembles peanut butter in a refrigerator.
BRENT JANG – Globe and Mail – January 14, 2016.